The global fight to eradicate polio has set its sights on Afghanistan and Pakistan, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday as Africa marked a year without any new cases of the crippling......

Afghanistan's Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah has accused Pakistan of helping enemies of Afghanistan according to a report in the Afghan media on Tuesday."Afghanistan's enemy is Pakistan's enemy.......

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday passed the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill 2015 aimed at protecting court officials and witnesses, and providing them indemnity against prosecution in any other court......

Stuart Broad is running in from the Radcliffe Road End for 19th time.He is experiencing a moment cricketers envision as teenage pretenders.The surreal Thursday morning continues.The tall right-arm......

QUETTA: A police official was killed and another critically injured when a huge explosion rocked Gawalmandi Chowk in Quetta, DawnNews reported on Tuesday.Rescue authorities rushed to the site of the......

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday said those saying the PPP is finished are mistaken, adding that the PPP "was not finished" and it "will not be finished"......

Quite a few pictures from Pakistan on the popular photoblog Humans of New York’s (HONY) have recently been recovered.According to sources, Brandon Stanton, who was recently in Pakistan publishing......

Last night in Lahore, stars from every aspect of Pakistani life ranging from cricket to music to film came together to celebrate one thing: Pakistan!Under the banner of soon-to-be-aired Chand Sitara,......

After being the beaming recipient of an honorary doctorate degree, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday has now also been made an honorary professor by the Belarus State University. It appears that......

Trigger warning: sexual assault/child abuseAfter the shocking findings about child sexual abuse (CSA) crimes in Kasur, a Facebook page called The Parting Project has taken an encouraging initiative......

NEW DELHI: The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a last push before the end of a stormy parliament sitting to pass a major tax reform aimed at boosting economic growth, but an......

Last week was abuzz with news that Mahira Khan has refused to do intimate scenes with her Raees co-star Nawazuddin Siddiqui. While the actress herself didn't bother to debunk the rumour, her director......

QUETTA/PISHIN: The bodies of five men and two women were recovered from Balochistan's Quetta and Pishin districts on Tuesday morning.Police sources told DawnNews that bullet-riddled bodies of two men......

He may not be escorting Geeta home, but Salman Khan is getting as close to his Bajrangi Bhaijaan role as he can get.His blockbuster hit, based on a fictional story of a speech-impaired, six-year-old......

TEHRAN: Iran's famed carpet weavers are busy at work following the country's historic nuclear deal with world powers, anticipating a boost in exports as sanctions are set to be lifted in the months......

ISLAMABAD: A woman who was critically injured last week during an exchange of fire between Pakistani and Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC) succumbed to her injuries at Combined Military......

SAN FRANCISCO: A low-key style and an unusually firm handle on diplomacy propelled new Google chief executive Sundar Pichai to the top of the search engine giant, former colleagues said, cementing......

MANILA FREUTERS: Oil, copper and gold retreated on Tuesday as the dollar strengthened after China devalued the yuan to boost its economy, ending a brief rally in commodities that have wallowed near......

PEN: Recently married, Namrata Raut returned to her family home in rural western India to paint hundreds of Ganesha idols ahead of a major Hindu festival celebrating the elephant-headed deity.Pen, in......

BANGKOK: Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest reigning monarch, has been treated by doctors for ‘water on the brain’ and also has a chest infection, the palace said on Monday.It......

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the only foreign leader he can recall who has forcibly interfered in US foreign policy.“Prime Minister......

YET another scandal of most horrendous nature has surfaced in Kasur just 50km from Lahore. A few arrests have been made and a few hackneyed statements by ‘notables’ have appeared.The Punjab chief......

QUAID-I-AZAM Muhammad Ali Jinnah was delighted to hear “Pakistan Zindabad!” from a ten-year-old boy during Pakistan’s first Independence Day.We should truly show faith, unity and discipline on this......

DURING the heat wave in the last week of June, some medical experts issued statements that the heatstroke deaths were preventable if people had taken precautions like remaining indoors and keeping......

AN abundance of scorn and criticism has been heaped upon Imran Khan in the wake of the Judicial Commission’s report. The magnitude of attention he attracts confirms his stature as a leader of growing......

DESPITE a credible system of judiciary, it is beyond the wisdom of a layman to know why feudals of rural Sindh and Balochistan prefer to adopt the way of “tribal jirgas” to deal with clashes within......

“THE test of any civilization is the measure of consideration and care it gives to its weakest members.” ~Pearl S. BuckI suffer from a multiple number of health problems. I require regular visits to......

I AM in the twilight years of my life; in this gloomy scenario, Ashiq Hussain’s article ‘A Pakistani in Cologne’ (Aug 7) was like sunshine in the dark. Even a single candle in pitch-black darkness......

LANDI KOTAL: A jirga of Shalobar tribe has demanded of Khyber Agency political administration to make special arrangements for construction workers to enter Bara as most of the tribal people were......

MANSEHRA: A nongovernmental organisation has launched a series of sports activities in remote areas of Balakot tehsil to keep youngsters away from use of drugs.“We have evolved a strategy under an......

MINGORA: Imran Khan, a 20-year-old tailor, has no other desire in his life but to walk on foot. He was affected by polio when he was five as his parents refused to administer him anti-polio vaccine,......

HARIPUR: The by-election for NA-19, Haripur, appears to be a matter of (political) life and death for the arch rivals — PML-N and PTI — as both are trying to win the seat at all costs.This costly......

PESHAWR: The elders of three tribes of Hangu districts have threatened to launch a protest movement if government fails to vacate ‘their’ land from their opponent tribe.Addressing a press conference......

PESHAWAR: Fata Students Federation has expressed concern over the closure of educational institutions in different tribal regions and demanded of the government to ensure increase in the admission......

GILGIT: An anti-terrorism court on Monday sentenced a proclaimed offender to death for murdering a Shia leader and his four bodyguards.Gilgit ATC judge Raja Shabaz Khan pronounced the decision after......

MARDAN: The Federal Investigation Agency on Monday arrested two persons and recovered over two dozen passports from their possession during raids on illegal overseas employment promoters’ offices on......

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has directed the commissioner Peshawar to carry out the ongoing uplift and beautification project of Peshawar in letter and spirit.Talking to the newly posted......

LAKKI MARWAT: Three people, including a passer-by, were killed in a firing incident in Tajazai locality here on Monday.Sources said rivals attacked two brothers identified as Imtiaz and Soba Jan,......

ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court bench on Monday called for the complete record of the Rs4 billion army-run National Logistic Cell (NLC) scam despite the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) request not......

MUZAFFARABAD: An armoured cash-carrying vehicle was swept away by a fast flowing water channel in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday, leaving all three persons on board dead.The incident occurred......

ISLAMABAD: A list of recommended names for the Haj Medical Mission 2015, prepared by hospitals of the capital and submitted to the Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) was tampered......

RAWALPINDI: In a joint operation against unhygienic food outlets, City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) and Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) on Monday sealed Bread and Butter Bakers in Saddar......

RAWALPINDI: A 25-bed new block of the emergency ward of Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) has been lying unused since its construction in June as its management does not have funds to procure furniture......

ISLAMABAD: Burglars and thieves struck at three places and made off with cash and valuables worth millions of rupees, police said here on Monday.Some burglars broke into the house of Shams Uddin in......

ISLAMABAD: While the residents of the capital face an acute water shortage, each day gallons upon gallons of water gush out of a broken water pipeline in Sector F-7/4 and flow down the Marvi Road.......

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA), which has been sitting on hundreds of inquiries, issued yet another warning on Monday to its officers, directing them to finish work on pending......

ISLAMABAD: The members of civil society at a roundtable on Monday demanded the government and legislators to introduce a system which could bring transparency in financing of elections by political......

LAHORE: The All Opposition Parties Conference on Monday resolved to consider forming a ‘grand opposition alliance’ against the ruling PML-N for the local body polls.At the meeting called by Pakistan......

LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a high-level meeting here on Monday to review the situation in the wake of the Kasur incident, its progress, law and order and steps taken under......

LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) said on Monday that a diplomatic enclave would be developed at its newly-launched residential project -- LDA City -- where consulates, resident missions......

FAISALABAD: After the brick kiln owners, the powerloom owners of the Faizabad and Ghulam Mohammad have also taken to the street against the Labour Qaumi Movement (LQM) alleging that its activists are......

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court handed over a minor girl to her Malaysian mother on Monday after getting the child recovered from the illegal custody of her paternal grandmother.Nishatabad police, of......

GUJRANWALA: An anti-terrorism court on Monday remanded in police custody two accused in the murder case of the PML-N’s former MPA Rana Shamshad Ahmad Khan, his son and friend for 10 days.Sadar Kamoki......

TOBA TEK SINGH: Former union council nazim and current chairman of Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority, Pirmahal, Rao Athar Iqbal allegedly committed suicide on Monday while his father ex-MPA......

LAHORE: Roll number slips for the combined entrance test for admission to engineering institutions of Punjab for BSc Engineering and BS Technology have been issued.There are 5,000 seats – 3,000 in......

LAHORE: Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Lahore chapter leader advocate Maqsood Awan on Monday announced abandoning the party along with his “300 supporters”.Announcing his decision at a press conference......

SIALKOT: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) will refer the cases of defaulters to the National Accountability Bureau for the recovery of the outstanding dues from them, according to Gepco......

LAHORE: While PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has termed the arrest of party’s Punjab chapter former president Qasim Zia a “calculated move to discredit political leaders”, its Senator Saifullah......

LAHORE: Students and civil society gathered at Liberty Roundabout on Monday to protest at child abuse in Pakistan. In the light of a recent news from Kasur involving a racket of child abusers, the......

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly Monday session was adjourned twice due to rumpus in the house when the Muttahida Qaumi Movement raised protest for not being allowed to take up the issue of party worker......

KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Monday claimed to have arrested six activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) allegedly involved in extortion and targeted killings and said they had......

KARACHI: Police on Monday baton-charged a group of disabled persons, including women, outside the Sindh Assembly for protesting over non-implementation of a job quota in government departments.As......

KARACHI: It was like waking up from a devastating nightmare for the two Pakistani fishermen, who returned home after spending 22 years in Indian prisons.The two fishermen, Mohammad Hanif Marghar and......

KARACHI: Girls yet again bagged the top five positions with one boy coming sixth as the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) announced the Higher Secondary Certificate Part-II results for......

KARACHI: A sessions court granted on Monday interim pre-arrest bail to main suspect in the case of firing on the car of former captain of Pakistan cricket team Wasim Akram following a minor accident......

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Monday gra­nt­ed bail to four policemen in a case pertaining to the escape of three suspects from custody.Sub-inspector Javed Ahmed, and constables Sha­koor, Sajid......

KARACHI: Parents running helter-skelter in search of textbooks, activity books, copies and journals. Children taking all the time in the world in deciding whether they want the iPhone replica pencil......

HYDERABAD: Three members of a family, two women and a minor girl, were killed and a man was injured when their car overturned near Dadabhoy Cement Factory on the Superhighway within the jurisdiction......

KARACHI: Though Sindh Bank is owned by the Sindh government, only one of its board members is a government employee while the rest, nominated by the government / chief minister, are private persons —......

THATTA: An investigation conducted by Thatta DSP (headquarters) Raja Bisharat Ali into a Hindu woman’s claim of having been kidnapped, forced to convert and marry to a Muslim man some eight years ago......

SUKKUR: Two persons were killed and another one was wounded when a group of armed men stormed a house in Azeem Bijarani village near Karampur town of Kandhkot-Kashmore district on Sunday night.The......

BREST: A replica of the French frigate that transported General Lafayette to America in 1780 to rally US rebels battling for independence arrived back in France on Monday after a four-month Atlantic......

NEW DELHI: A stampede outside a temple killed at least 11 pilgrims in eastern India early on Monday after thousands tried to jump a queue that stretched for kilometres during a holy Hindu month, a......

MIAMI: Astronauts living at the International Space Station took their first bites of space-grown lettuce on Monday, in what scientists described as another step toward enabling human missions to......

STOCKHOLM: Two shoppers were stabbed to death in an attack at an Ikea store in the central Swedish town of Vasteras, over which a man has been arrested, police said on Monday.Several hours after the......

TOKYO: Japan will on Tuesday begin restarting its nuclear power programme, officials said, after a two-year shutdown sparked by public fears following the Fukushima crisis.The restart comes more than......

LAS VEGAS: Hackers’ arsenal on Sunday was beefed up with a drone armed with weapons to crack into wireless computer networks at close range, whether they be in skyscrapers or walled compounds.David......

KARACHI: Two Pakistanis, an Indian and a Chinese completed the semi-final quartet in the men’s competition of the World 6-Reds event at Hotel Movenpick on Saturday.Three cueists among the four have......

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar M Khan has claimed that the decision to hold the first edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at an off-shore venue will benefit the Board......

LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook and fellow Ashes-winners Moeen Ali, Ian Bell and Jos Buttler have all been cleared to play for their counties in this week’s domestic Twenty20 quarter-finals,......

GALLE: Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli has said his team plans to give Kumar Sangakkara a fond farewell and at the same time they will not allow the prolific left-hander to pile up big scores.The......

LONDON: Australia batsman Steve Smith pledged on Monday he will follow the example set by Michael Clarke and be ‘aggressive’ and ‘pro-active’ if, as expected, he is named as the full-time captain of......

SYDNEY: Retiring Australia captain Michael Clarke has rubbished local media reports that internal divisions within the squad were responsible for the Ashes debacle.Clarke, who has decided to bring an......

KARACHI: Having made an impact locally, K-Electric are now looking to make a splash on the continental level.The Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) champions embark on their quest to make it to......

LAHORE: Wapda’s Awais Zahid won the men’s singles crown at the National Badminton Championships but it was Palwasha Bashir who stole the limelight with a hat-trick of titles as the tournament ended......

LAHORE: The Pakistan Ju-Jitsu Federation and the Punjab Basketball Association have announced the programme to celebrate the country’s 68th Independence Day this Friday.The competitions both in the......

LAHORE: Two matches were decided on the opening day of the third Servis 15-a-side Rugby League in Lodhran.According to a press release of the Pakistan Rugby Federation on Monday, both the fixtures......

KARACHI: Lahore High Court’s (LHC) former justice Asad Munir assumed charge of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) as its administrator following a decision of the honourable court, a news release......

ISLAMABAD: National Squash Academy director Faheem Gul is optimistic that Pakistan will put up a good show at the upcoming Asian Junior Individual Championships and Commonwealth Youth Games.Faheem......

SYDNEY: Estranged former cricket administrator Lalit Modi admitted on Monday his involvement in a plot to overthrow the sport’s establishment, aiming to create a new world governing body affiliated......

LONDON: England’s 2005 Ashes-winning side were better than the team that sealed a series victory over Australia with a game to spare in Nottingham on Saturday, according to Kevin Pietersen.“This team......

KARACHI: Former Olympians and internationals residing in the city will assemble at the Islahuddin-Dr M. A. Shah hockey academy on Thursday for an exhibition match to commemorate the 68th Independence......

KARACHI: Holders South Whites and East Whites fought their way into the final of the 10th NBP Cup basketball tournament at the Arambagh floodlit court on Sunday.Post interval fight back enabled South......

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has agreed to ensure a set of policy measures to enable convening of the meeting of the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by mid-September for approval of......

KARACHI: Remittances by the overseas Pakistanis remained intact in the first month of this fiscal year, reported State Bank on Monday.The central bank said the remittances in July 2015 were $1.663......

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) management has hinted at a conspiracy to fail the revival of the country’s largest industrial unit that is now on active privatisation list. It questioned......

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s merchandise trade deficit rose by 34.62 per cent to $1.773 billion in the first month (July) of this fiscal year (2015-16) as compared to $1.317bn a year ago, Pakistan Bureau of......

ISLAMABAD: United Nations has accepted Pakistan’s Instrument of Accession to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods (TIR Convention) which will greatly facilitate Pakistan’s......

KARACHI: The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has lodged a complaint against field officers of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for allegedly taking harsh measures for recovery of tax demands.The......

KARACHI: Stocks retrea­ted on Monday with the KSE-100 index down by 137.96 points to close at 36,084.67.The market remained volatile with the index oscillating between the intra-day gains and losses......

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 386 new companies in July 2015, marking an increase of 11 per cent compared to the same period last year.Around 86pc of......

Gazprom net profit jumps 71pcMOSCOW: Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Monday its net profit surged 71 per cent in the first quarter as a weak rouble compensated for declining sales and lower energy......

ZURICH: UBS’s giant banner on Hong Kong’s One Peking Road skyscraper, so big it has drawn complaints for keeping solar panels in the shade, is a testament to the renewed push among Swiss banks to win......

KARACHI: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has stated that the decision of State Bank of Pakistan to hold interest rates at the current levels was appropriate.The PBC’s board of directors made this......

HYDERABAD: Indo­ne­sian Consul-General Hadi Santoso on Monday suggested to Pakistan exporters to export beef and Irri-rice to Indonesian markets where there is a demand for such items.He was speaking......

KUALA LUMPUR: Mala­y­­sian palm oil futures ticked lower on Monday, extending losses into a seventh week as traders remained cautious over trade and production data released on Monday, despite signs......

LONDON: Gold extended a recovery from recent lows on Monday as its resilience below $1,100 an ounce disappointed those expecting a deeper decline, but expectations that US interest rates could rise......

BERLIN: Germany, which has taken a tough line on Greece, has profited from the country’s crisis to the tune of 100 billion euros ($109bn), according to a new study on Monday.The sum represents money......

PARIS: Economic growth is showing further signs of firming in France, Italy and the eurozone overall, while growth looks to be easing to around long-term trends in the US and UK, the OECD said.Trends......

ISLAMABAD: With the case of alleged sexual abuse of children in Kasur district of Punjab making headlines, the issue of successive governments’ failure to effectively legislate for child protection......

TIMERGARA: Chief of a local peace committee was killed in a bomb blast at Suri Pao village in Maidan area of Lower Dir on Monday, residents and police said.Dilawar Jan was returning from a mosque......

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways (PR) authorities appear to have been displeased by the National Accountability Bureau’s investigation into the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club scam, believed to be one......

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement withdrew its call for a strike across Sindh on Monday on assurances given by the Rangers director general that the murder of MQM worker Mohammad Hashim would be......

ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement protested in the National Assembly and Senate on Monday against the alleged extrajudicial killings and persecution of its workers and Urdu-speaking people by......

QUETTA: A resolution condemning Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Altaf Hussain’s remarks about the armed forces of the country was unanimously adopted by the Balochistan Assembly on Monday.The house......

ISLAMABAD: Officials of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have been called by a Senate committee for a briefing on Tuesday on steps being taken by the......

QUETTA: The Levies Force and police officials in the Quetta block have been directed to assist polio eradication teams in persuading 4,443 ‘chronic’ refusal cases. These are cases about the children......

KHUZDAR: At least 13 people were killed and many others injured when a trailer hit a passenger wagon before crashing into other vehicles at Khaliqabad in Kalat district on Monday.“Eight of the 25......

SAYEED Rassool vividly remembers the day in 2012 when Hashmat Khalil Karzai, a cousin of former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai, first showed him the lion cub.The then 34-year-old native of Karz......

ISLAMABAD: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake jolted northern and some central areas of the country on Monday, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre.Tremors were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi,......

KABUL: At least five people were killed on Monday when a Taliban suicide car bomber struck near the entrance of Kabul’s international airport, the latest in a wave of lethal bombings in the Afghan......

KASUR: An additional district and sessions judge cancelled on Monday the interim bails of five suspects nominated in the serial child abuse case.Another court extended the physical remand of seven......

LAHORE: In a landmark decision on a damages suit, the Lahore Consumer Court ordered on Monday a doctor to pay 212,267 pounds sterling (Rs33.963 million) and Rs13.07m to a man for causing permanent......

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan-Afghanistan ties on Monday looked to be once again in crisis as an aggressive and angry Afghan President Ashraf Ghani launched a blistering attack against Islamabad accusing it of......

THERE is a positive, mutually beneficial way to talk about terrorism-related issues.Then there is seemingly the Pak-India state approach: the two sides ritualistically meet to discuss terror; they......

FROM a trickle to a flood, the horrific details of the child pornography case in Husain Khanwala village in Punjab’s Kasur district are spilling out in the media.Some facts remain to be ascertained:......

JUST a few years ago, anyone making the prediction would have been dismissed for building castles in the air: that cinemas across the country would be doing booming business and feeling confident in......

I RECENTLY attended the prominent Chaophraya India-Pakistan track II dialogue, going in predicting that it would be consumed by point-scoring and grandstanding.The backdrop was ominous. The Line of......

IT was past 1am in a village in upper Sindh and an entire neighbourhood in a darkened alley was booming with the thumping sound of music on loudspeakers, enthusiastic clapping and cheering. Once you......

TERRORISM is considered the most urgent public issue facing Pakistan. In popular public discourse about terrorism, the role of the courts that are dealing with terrorism cases is considered to be......

BAQUBA: Three explosions, two of them suicide bombings, killed at least 33 people near Baquba, the capital of Iraq's restive eastern province of Diyala on Monday, police and medics said.The blasts......